Christian Bale is one of the most prominent A-list actors in Hollywood. His latest movie "Vice" got eight Oscar Nominations this year with a Best Actor nod for the star. He may have gotten his recognition from the Academy only a few times before this year but Bale has been in the industry for thirty-three years now. The renowned English actor made his debut with "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna" in 1986 when he was only a child. After his sudden fame which came along with "Empire of the Sun (1987)" he even thought of quitting the industry but lucky for us he didn't follow this decision through. His major breakthrough was in American Psycho (2000) where he played a yuppie who is obsessed with power, money and murder. After this milestone, his career basically took off and as he continued to excel on screen, we've watched in many amazing and versatile roles. While being one of the must successful Batmans ever graced our screens you could also catch him in small-budget passion house projects like a true artist. Now, we gathered ten of his best films for you to enjoy and remember that he's more than just a Hollywood heartthrob.

SİNEMİA: 7.3IMDB: 7.6

0LikeUnlike

Save to Movie List

Add

Create A New List

Create

Public

Public

Private

Arguably, still the most important movie of his career, Christian Bale plays a misogynistic psycho with good skincare. Patrick Bateman is an appearance-obsessed, materialistic Wall Streer broker who is also a serial killer. He regularly engages in brutal crimes, rape and sometimes cannibalism. Or does he? But let's not ruin the fun. Other than being one hell of a despicable person, he also suffers from some kind of social psychosis. I mean... He gotta. By the way, the movie is based on Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name and doesn't include half of the terrible happenings in the book. Thanks to the female director, Mary Harron, for that.

SİNEMİA: 9.0IMDB: 8.5

0LikeUnlike

Save to Movie List

Add

Create A New List

Create

Public

Public

Private

In this Christopher Nolan thriller-drama, Christian Bale serves us one of his best performances yet. Set in the Nineteenth Century, the movie is about two rival magicians, Alfred Borden and Robert Angier. Them and Robert's wife Julia are best friends but she dies in a tragic accident during one of the performances. Robert blames Alfred and they become enemies, constantly trying to sabotage each other's shows. Robert gradually becomes obsessed with one of his trick named "The Transported Man" and tries to find out his secret. The "secret" is a major spoiler so I'll stop here. But the twist is basically a testament to how brilliant Bale is.

SİNEMİA: 7.5IMDB: 7.8

0LikeUnlike

Save to Movie List

Add

Create A New List

Create

Public

Public

Private

David O. Russell’s "The Fighter" earned Christian Bale his one and only Oscar. It's a biographical drama based on the life of professional boxer Micky Ward. Christian Bale plays Dicky Eklund, a former boxer and present crack addict. An HBO film crew comes to the neighborhood to make a documentary about him. He thinks the focus would be his boxing abilities but it turns out that's not the case at all. His younger half-brother Micky Ward is now the family's great hope for a boxing world title and he starts to train him. But everyone including their domineering mother, Alice, knows that Dicky is unreliable due to his addiction.

SİNEMİA: 8.2IMDB: 8.3

0LikeUnlike

Save to Movie List

Add

Create A New List

Create

Public

Public

Private

Nolan's trilogy remains the most acclaimed Batman films of all time. He took the comic-book genre to a darker place and Bale was the perfect start to help him with this mission. Although he was kinda under the shadow of Heath Ledger's legendary Joker in the better film overall, The Dark Night, he still managed to do an amazing job. His tortured performance between heroism and vigilantism was on point and we loved all the brooding millionaire looks. And the whole franchise is responsible for all the other gritty adaptations that came after.

SİNEMİA: 6.1IMDB: 7.2

72LikeUnlike

Save to Movie List

Add

Create A New List

Create

Public

Public

Private

We'll see this award season if one of the hit movies of this year, Vice, will earn Christian Bale his second Oscar or not. Maybe he'll join Charlize Theron and Gary Oldman who owe their wins to their roles under heavy make-up and bodysuits. Because there's no way you could tell that the lead of this film was Christian Bale just looking at the screen. He plays Dick Cheney, a bureaucratic Washington insider who became the Vice-President to George W. Bush. And how they've reshaped the country and globe.